The Straits Times, 20 April 1912

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.853 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. APRIL 20. 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 236 1 -fc^ Jttx L 4LA -D JT\j\ >*^3>— J I J X^J Are now shewing a fine assortment of Soaps, Perfumery, etc., by various wellknown maker*, amongst which will be found the following DIVINIA PERFUMF. f4^t£?% l *««lifF P WumVsVy* $2.25 per bottle. In different sizes. HHr*§ r '*'P Aj $1.00.
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    • 173 1 ROBINSON CO. Tailoring Department. NEW SEASON'S GOODS 1912 Specialities 1912 i^dMßj »fis Sporting and Riding Tweeds &SBL tfP.itel Flannel Suitings 'J% WE STOCK ALL REGISTERED SPORTING CLUB COLOURS. CIVIL AND MILITARY TAILORS. -CZL. ±3 v^ JLj JL J±j Jtx>Just Landed i FRESH SMOKED SALMON RUSSIAN SAUSAGE. TELEPHONE 898 H. BOLTER.
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    • 11 1 DUMMY k CO. GHAHPA6NB ADAMBON. GILFILLAN AND CO., ITD SOLI ASINTH.
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  • 1346 2 DEPRIVED OF HIS SEAT IN THE CITY. Sir T. Brooke-Hitchiog's Case. Thr right of tbe Alderman to reject a nowly elected member is an ancient one, but baa been exercised on only rare occasions, says tbe Daily Chronicle of March 16. Tbe last case of this kind was
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  • 88 2 The women in Austria who want votes are indignant with the Australian Premier. A deputation waited upon him and urged their claims very earnestly and at considerable length. The premier at tbe end declined to commit himself, and sent the women away with the remark, "All men engaged in politics
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    • 142 2 'Kepler" Solution (TRAOE MAiIKI (OF COD LIVLR OIL IS MALT EXTRACT) A Tonic- Food for A x Body and Brain A Many a constitution on the verge oi ruin Ikis recovered a v. its former robustness assisted lit iii by the remarkable restorative v-V-: powers of 'Kepler' Solution. f y
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    • 10 2 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night. Woods' Uroat Peppermint Core.
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    • 631 2 DYSENTERY. A Revivifying and Restorative Treatment. Second, perhaps, only to Malaria is the suffering caused by Dysentery, which is known by the intense pain and difficulty with which the bowels net, and by the passage of mucus ami blood. The treatment which may be regarded as classical is the administration
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    • 459 2 PBowel Troubles. I Ulcerated Bowels and General Debility.** 1 Folly Hill, Kadlett, Herts. I Dear Sirs,— l have just finished a large bottle of Angier's EtnulI sion, and am pleased to tell you that it has done me great deal of I good I shall certainly continue to take it,
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  • 898 3 SIR RUFUS ISAACS ENTIRELY UNREPENTANT. Mr. Balfour's Views. A violent attack was made on March 25 in tbe House of Commons on the AttorneyGeneral for his action in connection with the prosecution of Syndicalists for inciting soldiers to mutiny. The attack came from below the gangway on the Ministerial
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  • 73 3 One day recently there were 48 vessels accommodated insicfc Colombo harbour. This is a record equal to the one tho harbour had on tho occasion of the American Fleet. The 43 vessels liave occupied 40 berths, the men-of-war having anchored without the berths along
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    • 303 3 Here is New Life/^^ for the Ailing. IJ|I If you, who are ailing, knew the true value "f 'Wincarnis' its supreme health-giving >^2wTf*S>i quality, its rich, blood-making capacity, its ALii/\ wonderful nerve revitalizing power you lfagjsji^GP^]\ would commence taking 'Wincarnis' to-day. Us^gßsißwA/aT II It i^. so immediately invigorating and per-
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    • 45 3 Best Treatment for Whooping: Cough. Whooping cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I It has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect success For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 582 3 mt <» HINDRANCES TO HEALTH such as dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite, torpid liver, constipation, sick-headache, and other evidences of derangement of the 1 organ, of digestion and secretion, may be easily and successfully REMOVED by means of the far famed family medicine Beecham's Pills. For > three generations this
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    • 75 3 f WILL BE GIVEN TO 1 I ANY PERSON WHO 1 I CAN PROVE THAT 1 I Sunlight I I Soap I M CONTAINS ANY FORM M m or ADULTERATION M WHATSOEVER, OK M ANY INJURIOUS CHEMICALS. .~~^Blßlß^Rr TRY Till 51M. 11. 11l j. WAV > GLASS RUBBER TAPPING CUP.
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    • 604 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. pT o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANO, OBYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BOTPT, MBDITBRRANBAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Quit, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about:— MAIL LINES ieia OafeMrrf [for Otona.) D<vanba May
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    • 694 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe is maintained bo 1 tween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, I London and Antwerp, under mail oontraot with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-sorew Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are
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    • 649 4 STEAMER BAIUWBB. THE SIAM STEAN NAVIGATION CO.. LD. EAST COAST SERVICE. For Pahang, Beraerah, Tringganu Bisut, Semerak, Baoho, Kelantan, Bangnara Telupin, Panarai, Patani, Singora, Laoon, Kohsamui, Bandon, Langsuan Chumpon Takn, Kohlak and Bangkok. Dim Departure 3 p.m. ASDANQ April 9O M AHIDOL April 31 April 94 REDANQ April 24 April
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    • 515 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. AMD ■HTSM DAIssfMWrV. MmrrMO. -avuru- num. Combined ■■Iflusi. The steamers of these Companies maintain a regular service between Hambarg Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Strata, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatohed fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerbavon
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    • 627 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. ■orddeutsoher Lloyd, Bremer, IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, South ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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    • 593 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.'S Royal Mail Steamship Lin*. THB NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE Vu China, Japan, Canada and ths Unitbd St.tsv Roatp from Hongkong, via Shanghai. Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan!, Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. R.M.B. Empress of India") Twin screw RM.S. Bmpross of Japan" > RM.S.
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    • 718 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. APGAR LINE OF STEAMERS. The undermentioned mail steamers of tin above Line maintain a regular service be twoen Calontta and Japan, calling at Penar^ Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route FLEET Tons Commander 1 .Tap ah B,O IU A. Stbwakt Gbboobt Apcab"
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    • 671 5 BTEAMER 3AIUNGB. AUSTRIAN LLOYD (Under Mail Contract with the Austrian Government). New Monthly Fast Line, Trieste-Shanghai. From and to Trieste and Vi nice, calling at Port Said, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai, and at Tenang on the homeward voyage. ODTWARD. HOMBWARD. Due to arrive on or about Due
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    • 904 5 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRING RASE MEETING. (Under SKA. B* of Boeing), Will be held on Tuesday, May 7 Thursday, May 9 tod Saturday, May 11, 1812. PROGRAMME. FIR8T DAY. Tubsdat, Mat 7, 1S12. 1. THE OPENING STAKES.-(2.80p.m.) Value I6OO. A Handicap (or Hordes that have not won a Stake
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    • 787 5 the hour for Scratching s p.m. on the DAY BEFORE the Raoe. Owners of Uritbnh aru entulid enter for either of tho following scries of Races Fhii Servet No. 1 First Day— Race No. 4. Second Day— Raoe No. 1. Serin So. First Day— Raoe No. 7. Second Day— Raoe
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 437 6 RAVENSWAY AND CO.. Undertakers, Sculptors and Marble Merchants E stabllshed ISS 1 MONUMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ALWAYS IN STOCK. From $2S upwards. METALLIC WREATHS FROM GHO CE MAKERS AT MOPhKOK I'KICES 187. ORCHARD ROAD. TBL NO. 71 PROPERTY INVESTMENTS. Investments in real estate in the East have frequently yielded large
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    • 240 6 Telephone No. 8. Established 1878. £SS^ The Dispensary, Ltd. -ttr^ CHEMISTS, PHARMACISTS. OPTICIANS ij/tffii^*- (WHOLESALE AND RETAIL). A^^NG^^S^W 43-B, Raffles Place, Singapore. Depot for all kinds of Patent Meaicines, Toilet Requisites, Perfumery, Medicated Wines, Surgical Instruments, Chemical and Boientifio Apparatus, Medioal, Surgical and Sanitary Applianota, Mtdioine Chests. Supplier* to Hospitals
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    • 1131 6 SUBSCRIPTION LIST CLOSES ON APRIL 96, AT NOON. This Proapectua has been filed with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies in Singapore. TING KIL TIN MINES, LIMITED. (Registered in Ihe Colony of the Straits Settlements) CAPITAL i Nominal divided into 50,000 Shares of $1O each (800.000 To be itsutd to
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  • 87 7 FIXTURES Saturday, April jo. High Water, 0.7 p.m., 11.41 p.m. Sunday, April ai. High Water, 0.58 p.m. Monday, April aa. High Water, 0 19 a.m., LSI p.m. Interport toam meeting, 6.80 p.m. N. D. L. homeward mail duo. Tuesday. April 33. High Water, t.l a.m., 8.6 p.m.
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  • 202 7 TO-DIT. Malacca, Port Swettcnbam and Puoane Klung 8 pm Muntok in 1 IV.ombang Maras 8 pm PoDtianak Ban Hin Gaan 8 pm Bamgkali'. habooan Bilik, l'.n .Ijona Balei. Modan ami IVnang V. Hogendorp 3 pm Tandjong Balei and Pangka'an Brandan Brandan 4 pm C'lirictniis Inla"<l Islander 4
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  • 128 7 Tin- Imp. Gorman mail steamer Luetzow If f: Iln:]..ko3Katnoouon Wolne*day,tup 17tb inst., and may be expected to arrive h"re at 8 p.m. to morrow. She will probably be di'ipatctit-d for Europe on Monday at dood. The I*. and O. outward intermediate etoame Syrii i- expected to hrrive
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  • 392 7 Latest Arrivals. tilatik, Dot. Govt. str, 260 tons 25 crew 2 puns S' n ti.p. Com. Wink, April 20. Fiom llbio, April 20. For Karimoa April 20. lids. Bourbon, Fch str 9?7 ton", Capt Le Bail, April 20. From Saigon, April 17. Oe. and n. M. Maritime*. For
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  • 99 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TANJONG PAGAK Bast Wham Basin DeZeven Provincien. Bast W. Siotiom No. I— Thongwa. Sbiiu Whaw— Nil. Main W. Sict. No. 2— Tara, Islander. B—Nil.8 Nil. 4— Knm SaDg. 6 Minderoo, 6 Nuentung, Brandan. N«w Doo* 7—
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  • 94 7 Arrivals Per str. Darius, April 20.— From Rangoon. Mr. Nurcombe. Per atr.Thongwa, April 20, From Madras. Mr. S. Cartwright. Per str. Kika, April 20. -From Malacca. Mr. W. A. Frll. Per str. Manila. April 20.— From Ribonl. Mrs. C. A. Sohulz", Messrs. Kroner, Lichtenstein. Wostrach, D. H.
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  • 316 7 The Difficulties of a Medical Officer. Some of the difficulties that must be faced by a medical officer who has to work amongst superstitious Orientals during an epidemic of small-pox are described in a report given in the current number of The Medical Officer. At the end of
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  • 247 7 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE Snupoii, April 20, 1B12 0» Lohdom— Biok 4 ui 1/4 Demand 3/4* Private lu|i 2/4ft 8 m/s Vi' i Om Oiimaiii— Bank d,d 288^ Private I m/s 2424 (»>nm- £&rk d/d 264 Private t n> 2«9 On Jkdia— Bank T. T. 174 I Private BCd/a 176 On
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 158 7 Iisoe S bajirs. Belietn 10 10 Boial Tin 10 10 BrnscK 10 10 Ranaboi £1 £1 Kinta Tin 41 £1 Labat Mine* 10 10 Malaaca Tin 6/- 6/- Pabanx Conacl £1 £1 Pengkalen £1 £1 Pnsinx Babrn £1 £1 Posing Lama 10 10 Rahman II vd 41 £1 Ratiman
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    • 599 7 Ibtoo 3 Value Hujeta. Seller* 3/- S/- AIIiikm 8/ 11 8.8 21 2/- Anflo-Mii.r-j 16/7* 17/8 2/- 2/- Batang Malaka 2 7 £1 £1 Bata Caver 18 E 0 14 i .0 ill £1 Bata Tips 818 9 4 0.0 41 41 B^klt Kajanfc 2.M.0 3.1 0 41 Bokit
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    • 124 7 Isane !2 Value Bayeti Seller. 10 10 Barters nom 3moUiB» 10.00 10 T 8-00 41 41 Bleotrio Tramway* 8 6 8/9 10 10 Fraaer Jk NenTe 49 SO 80.00 100 Howartb Brekine (0.00 100 7% Prei 92.50 97.60 100 100 Kata Bro, Oof. 180.00 100 100 a 8% Com.
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    • 46 7 Bayers Ballet t Howmrth Brskine 6% $800,000 par Riley. Hargroaven 8% 1284,000 I* Singapore Blectrio 5% 4860,000 Spore Munioipal 5 $1,878,000 aox. Buyers Sell en Spore Munioipal 4|% of 1907 $1,800,000 7% Spore Municipal 41% of 1908 $1,000,000 1% »%pm Spore Municipal 4% $602,900 par
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 8 7 Fur Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Car*.
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    • 199 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co April 28. -At saleroom, shop-bouse at Bnkit Tiiuab, at MR. April "21.— At Tbe Ordnance Depot, PnlanBrani. War Department Store', at 2. April St.— At Bblcroom, gramophone record at 11. April 27. -At No. 75, Brai Basah Road, excellent household furniture, etc at 2 April
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    • 328 7 sBoer Wobaeeo 1 "SPRINGBOK" Finest Quality Genuine Magaliesberg Tobacco MANCFACTUEKD IN THB Transvaal. In 4-oz. linen bags, Ajq OBTAINABLE AT iIUUIS JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD.. Per Bag. ROBINSON CO.. KATZ BROS.. LTD.. I WHITEAWAY.LAIDLAW&CO..LD. A RARE OLD GENUINE LIQUEUR COGNAC. Vintage 18SS Authentique. HASLEWOOD CO.. LTD., \SSS£" Telephone 1044. PRELIMINARY
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    • 229 7 To-day one of the dominant forces inspiring progress is the desire to pos. sess land. Truth. THIS IS TO REMIND YOU that the property known as tha Bukit Kepong Estate consisting of 10,01 9 acres, situate in the District of Muar, will be offered at Auction at Powell A Co.'s
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    • 109 7 Harima Hall Cinematograph, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To-Night's Complete Change of Programme CONTAINS The Mender of Nets. 1,001 feet. (Bioßrapb). In tbe tangled mesh of life's n« ti. a powerful drama, in which Miss Mary Prickford returns to the Biograph Co. Got a Match. 1,000 feet. (Biograph). A screaming comic depicting
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  • 1067 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 20. HORROR ON HORROR'S HEAD. The story told by survivors of the Titanic disaster and by passengers of the Carpathia is fnll of agony and horror. Thirteen boatloads of semi-frozen human beings were taken up by the Carpathia after they had been from four to
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  • 12 8 The output from Bruang Mine Limited for March was 55 J piculs.
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  • 20 8 The charge fagainst J. Blcncorve, chief officer of the Thongwa, of assaulting a Malay policeman at Penang, has been dismissed.
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  • 20 8 There aru 217 societies registered in Singapore undor tho Societies Ordinance of 1909, and 152 which are exempted from registration.
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  • 27 8 The collections at all services at St. George's Church, Penang, to-morrow, will be Bent to the Southampton fund for the families of the crew of the Titanic.
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  • 29 8 It is understood that the British India Company intends placing the newly acquired Catherine Apcar and Lightning on the Indian coast, replacing them with steamers of the T class.
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  • 38 8 Messrs. Outline and Co. inform us that they are in receipt of cable advice from the secretaries of Cheviot Rubber, Ltd., that the directors have made a call of 3d. per share, payable in London on June 1.
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  • 14 8 Tho output from the Belat Tin Mining Cos. Mine for March was 177 piculs.
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  • 22 8 The annual meeting of the Changkat Scrdaog Rubber was held at noon to-day. A full report will appear in our Monday's issue.
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  • 21 8 Dr. Wellington, tho professional enemy of the mosquito, declares that the anopheline or malaria-carrying mosquito does not bite in tho day.
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  • 31 8 In future the officer holding the appointment of Assistant Geologist, F. M. S., will be entitled to frank letters and telegrams on Government service for transmission within the Federated Malay States.
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  • 36 8 Judgo Lumley Smith, K.C., said in tho City of London Court Half my time is taken up hero in deciding about discussions arising from statements made on the telephone. I wish people would write letters instead."
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  • 36 8 The London County Council have agreed to lease tho Gaiety Restaurant, Strand, to Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited. The company offers a rent of JC0.500 a year for a lease of the premises for 99 years.
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  • 39 8 A man whose mother-in-law gave evidence against him at Wood Green Police Court declared: "For a downright meddler give me a mother-in-law. Look at her I did not marry her, I married her daughter, but- you wouldn't think so.'
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  • 37 8 Belawan Customs returns for the first quarter of this year show a 25 percent, increase in the turnover, compared with the corresponding period of 1911. The duty on matches has increased by five thousand guilders per month.
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  • 42 8 A funeral was proceeding at Seix, in France, when knocks were heard coming from the interior of the coffin. The lid was torn open, and the man was found to be dead, but the body was warm. Efforts at resuscitation were unavailing.
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  • 43 8 An order has been issued by the French War Office, forbidding officers and military aviation pupils for the present to make flights on monoplanes. The order is due to an important discovery relative to the cause of accidents with this type of machine.
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  • 61 8 Ou and after June 1 the postage on parcels seat by post direct from the Straits Settlements to Franco will be:— By tho Messageries Maritimes Company's steamers 81.50 per parcel, by the P. and O. Company's steamers, for parcels up to 2 lb. in weight 80 cents, and for parcels
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  • 54 8 In reference to the appointment of a commission appointed to enquire into the disturbances at Kuala Lumpur, during the period of the last Chinese New Year, we would suggest (says the Perak Pioneer) extending the range of enquiry to the disturbances in I poh. where matters were also very serious
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  • 77 8 The following is the result of tho examination for Skill at Arms carried out on March 20 and 27: -No 78 Co. R.G.A. Sergeants I— Sergt. D. Moss, 2 Sergt. W. Sands. Rank and File— l Bombr. A. Wilson, 2 Act. Bombr. C. Webster, 3 Act. Bombr. H. Powell. No.
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  • 79 8 We have no objection to any of our leading or other special articles being lifted by our contemporaries in the Colony or the F.M.S., but we think it would be only courteous if our colleagues would acknowledge the source. In tho Times of Malaya of 1 -ih inst., there appears
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  • 74 8 The following notification is repeated in this week's Government Gazette:— Whereas the Registrar of Societies, Singapore, has reason to believe that the Navy League, Singapore Branch, a society exempted on the 21st day of March, 1900, from registration under Ordinance I of 1889, has ceased to exist, this society is
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  • 84 8 The number of deeds presented for registration in 1911 was 2,986, as against 2,997 in 1910 and 2,586 in 1909. The number of deeds finally registered was 2,961, against 3,016 in 1910 and 2,474 in I'.HH: of these 20 wero deeds executed prior to July 1, 1887. The total amount
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  • 86 8 Three cases of bubonic plague are reported in Kuala Lumpur, one of which has proved fatal. The other two cases are being dealt with at the District Hospital. By means of long and careful search the medical authorities traced the first cases reported that of a Chinaman, to his dwelling
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  • 102 8 The 1911 report of the association of St. Anthony do Padua, which was established by the Kt. Hey. Bishop of Macao in I'.KU for the relief of the poor in Singapore, has just been issued. It states that the balance brought forward from 1910 was 94,705 to which 91,493 was
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  • 428 8 The Hon. Dr. Oilmore Ellis has boon on a visit to Pulo Jcrcjak. Detention Barrack Visitor and Field Officer for ensuing week.— Major L. I. B. Hulk.'. 2nd Bn. Tho Buffs. Second Lieut. I>. B. C. Trcatt, It. O. A., having arrived per tho steamer Bornoo ou
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  • 96 8 Tho thirteenth ordinary general inciting of Messrs. liiley, Hargreaves and Co., Ltd., was held at the offices. Read Street, yesterday at noon, Mr. C. E. F. Sanderson presiding. The report and accounts \v. nadopted and tbo recommendations as to dividends, 97 per share on preference
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  • 158 8 Among items included in this MMk'l Government (ia/ette are tho following Mr. B. Nu un is to be a Commissioner of Currency under The Currency Note Ordinance 1897, with effect from the Ist instant. Mr. E. I). Bryce, Johore, is to be a member of tho General Committee
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  • 225 8 It was a warm ami a most enthusiastic reception which a l.ir:v accorded Madame Hanuston Love and her company on tho opening of the circus List evening. They have been lony absent from Bilpim having had an extensive tour throughout India where tin y wire always well received.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 199 8 MAISON FONDEE EN 1828. Courvoisier's BRANDIES •'1869" and "Three Dlamondi." Tho Brandies of this old established firm are now more generally used in the principal London Clubs, Hotels, and Restaurants than any other brands. STOCKS KEPT BVi Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., SOLE AGENTS. CRAWFORD'S Finest Very Old SCOTCH WHISKY $11.25 per
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    • 194 8 DON T READ THIS Unless you are fond of Cinematograph entertainments. If you are, then don't miss seeing THE GRANDEST PICTURE EVER PRODUCED. By the Famous TbanhouHer Co. Portraying in detail The Life of DAVID COPPERFIELD Enacted by players of prominence and acknowledged to bo the most perfect picture representation
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    • 13 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 7 and on page 11.
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  • 727 9 AWFUL SUFFERING OF SURVIVORS. Some Thrilling Personal Experiences. PASSENGERS DID NOT BELIEVE DANGER. Husbands and Wives Forcibly Parted. Kkctkk's Tblsdram. London, April 19. Itcuter wires from New York that the Carpathia arrived at tbo pier at 8.:<7 in tin- •vciiiii:,. Tho Senate committee of investigation into
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  • 2437 9 THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENES. Passengers Feared No Danger. Mr. Beesley, a passenger from London, said tho voyage from Queenstown was of the qnietest and most uneventful nature. The weather was of the finest, calm but very cold, especially on the last day. I had been in my
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  • 152 9 DETAIL OF PROVISION MADE ON TITANIC. Boats for More than a Thousand. Mr. Buxton announced in tho Hocse of Commons that the Titanic had boat accommodation for 1,178, besides 48 life-buoys and 8,560 lifebelts. She was certified to carry 3,500 souh, and had actually on board 2,203.
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  • 60 9 Rbutkk's Tklkgkam. London, April 20. Mr. Acland, in reply to Mr. Toulmin, said the report of the British delegates to the Opium Conference had only just been received. Tho official records of the Conference and the documents submitted had not been received and it was impossible yet
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  • 87 9 Hklter's Tklbgram. London, April 19. City and Suburban betting is 11 to 2 against Mushroom, 7 to 1 against Lonawand and Lancechest, 10 to 1 against Story, Ultimus, and Eton Boy, 100 to 7 against Moscato, 100 to 6 against Saint Nat and Two Thousand, 6 to 4
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  • 117 9 Rbctbr's Telegram. London, April 19. Reuter wires from Tangier that later news from Fez says tho trouble is not general. Several quarters of the town aro in revolt against local measures and several Frenchmen have been killed. The embassy is safe and reinforcements have arrived from Mequinez.
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  • 69 9 (From Our Own Corbkspondrnt). Kuala Lnmpur, April 20. Owing to the breaking-down of tho machinery of both the ice- factories there is no ice to be had here. Telegrams have been sent to Singapore and other centres for supplies. The Selaugor Club and the hospitals have do
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  • 72 9 (I'kom a Malacca Corkkspo.ndhnt). Malacca, April 20. Information has been received by Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine Para in London yesterday was 4/10} per lb. sellers. The prico of best plantation rubber is quoted at 5/2 value. The market is steady. The highest
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  • 325 9 THE NAVAL ATTACK ON TURKISH FORTS. Hot Reception at Dardanelles. Rbutbb's Tblkoraji. London, April 19. Router wires from Paris that a telegram from Constantinople says tho Italian fleet has entered tho Dardanelles and an Italian vessel has been sunk. Reuter wires from Constantinople that official reports say
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  • 323 9 Public Examination of Mr. J. G. Boyd. Sitting in Bankruptcy jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Nunn, the acting official assignee, conducted the public examination of Mr. J. G. Boyd before Mr. Justice Fisher. Replying to questions, debtor said he was at present living in
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  • 145 9 Lorraine belongs to Oorniany, 'vi et armis," but the people aro still French. The latest instance of their love of country is to be seen in connection with tho great national subscription for aeroplanes for France. Nancy led the w.iy by providing funds for a plane, which will
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  • 69 9 Past and present students have presented Professor Wallace with his portrait in recognition of his semi-jubilee M occupant of the chair of Agriculture and Rural Kconomy in tho University of Edinburgh. The Pro lessor, who has lately suffered from a severe and protracted illness, is well known in the Bast
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 71 10 A team from the Straits Chinese Football Association will meet tho K. G. A. to day, at S p.m., on the Raffles Reclamation (.round. The S.C.C. hockey fixtures have been issued. Practice for the first cloven coranii ni-i on April 2« and tho first match takes place,
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    • 286 10 L. L. T. C. Tournament. Tho results of Friday's ties are as follow Championship Pairs. Mrs. Salzmann aud Mr. Linton beat Mrs. Donuet and Mr. Block, 6—4, 3—6, B—4. Mrs. Brooke and Mr. Upcott beat Mrs. Hartnell and Mr. Mayson, 6-0, 2-6, 6—l. Mrs. Gansloser and Mr. Green
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    • 402 10 Training on the Racecourse. This morning, the course and weather couditious were in every way suitable for Uie training. Than was much good exercise <Toue aud the running generally was perhaps a little taster than ou Thursday, but the r- J i ills hive not yet commenced. Loyal
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  • 108 10 A party of eleven skiers was overwhelmed by an avalanche near the summit of the Schneeberg, near Vienna, aud ten persons were killed. Two woodcutters coming down the mountain heard groans from beneath tho suow. They dug hastily and discovered a lady wiih clothes torn and so exhausted that UmjM
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  • 56 10 In the windows of the booksellers' shops at Dautzic aro placards advertising Captain Bernstort's book, The War bet ween England and Ueruiany." Below tho title is the picture of a Dreadnought with all her guns trained for action, and underneath is written, "The Kaiser has presented a copy of thin
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  • Correspondence.
    • 111 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, One of the reasons for the conversion of Singapore and Johore into sterling was, it will be remembered, the transfer of the agency to Boustead and Co., and one of the results has been t hat for March, in which
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    • 319 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— With reference to a paragraph in your paper last evening under the above heading, may I aitk the privilege of a little space in your next issue to point that, there is an entirely different side to
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  • 536 10 A French-American's Marvellous Invention. Much attention is given in the more serious New York newspapers to a demonstration on March 14 by Einile Bachclet an electrical engineer, of an invention for overcoming gravity, and permitting cars to slide through the air at a speed of 300
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  • 447 10 New Company to Work a Johore Field. The prospectus of Ting Kil Tin Mines, Limited, will be issued in a few days. The directors named at present aro J. W. van de Stadt, and A. D. Allan, and another director will be added at the
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  • 248 10 Charges of Criminal Breach of Trust. Lim Tye Keng, who was arrested on the 2nd inst. on charges of criminal breach of trust, alleged to have been committed in his capacity of police cashier at Singapore, was brought before Mr. Maundrell, thud inagis trate, yesterday afternoon. Evidence
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  • 379 10 Suevia Collides With Two Other Steamers. There was an alarming occurrence ia harbour last night for which the almost unprecedented congestion which prevailed yesterday appears to have been very largely responsible, says the Times of Ceylon of April 11. The outer harbour, during the day accommodated six
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  • 228 10 Boomerang and Lasso Feats at The Palace. Mr. W. Mills, of Australia, had the honour of giving an exhibition of stock- whip manipulation before the King and Queen and Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace on March 25. His Majesty, as Prince of Wales, witnessed Mr.
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  • 212 10 Successful Year of Great Shipping Company. The annual report of the Cunard Steamship Company for 1911 shows that the profits for the year, including £60,3.°>2 brought forward, amounted to £890,359. After debiting income tax and debenture interest and reserving £455,298 for depreciation of ships and wharf properties there
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  • 440 10 St. Andrew's Cathedral. (Sunday, April 21, 1912.) Second Sixdav .Wtbr Eastei:. 7.30 a.m.— Litany. 7.45 a.m.— Holy Communion (Choral) and Sermon. Introit, 504 Service, Woodward Hymn at Offertory, 197 Hymn at Communion, 313 Hymn at Ablutions, 267. 9.15 a.m.— Matins and Holy Communion (Plain). First Lesson, Num. XX,
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  • 34 10 It is notified that 'the Taiping United Asiatics Club and the Kaoipar Club are, by order of the Resident of Perak, exempted from registration under section 2, subsection (c), of the Societies Enactment, 1900."
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  • 1430 10 FINE DISPLAY AT KENSINGTON PALACE. Visited by the King. Mr. Guy Fraucis Laking is to be congratulated on the remarkable success of his arrangement of the rooms of the London Museum, at Kensington Palace, which was recently visited by the King and Queen. Out of what was chaos
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  • 832 10 Physician Recommends Power of Suggestion. l'liysu ians as a rule do uot appreciate the power of suggestion in the treatment of Hi.iMitMi, in the opinion of Dr. L. 0. Kilter in an article in the International .Journal of Surgery. Man lias two separate and distinct minds, tho objective
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  • 642 11 Gaseous Fuel as a Cure For Many Evils. hin|iliutir I ton on the barbaric UHCof ooal in tliiM country, an irate denunciation of l.i i,i!i>u fi'^K, the KU^iKtid substitution of gaseouH tin 1 for crude coal, and a reference to the elfurts of the Coal Smoke
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  • 428 11 Proposed Changes by Egyptian Government. It i- statnl that 1 1 j K^yptian Government intcndH to change the route for the next y.iirV |ii!;:i in i;i^c to tin huh citiiß in Itetljaz. According to the warn arrangement the holy carptt ami it- aatJOft will sail froiu Alexandria
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  • 53 11 At tin imiainn of the Kuruhaiii Guardians tiir wn khonse naati r ri'|«;ru-.l that ho had gi\eu ivlu-l tv it boy named Willium Wutts, u^i <i tliiiitiii. who Htatiil that lie wan walk lag lui'ii ('iiii!>»rihi'ii, ■pwarda of J7O bßm uw.iy. to the (lonloii Hoy»' Hum. ut Bisky, mill bad
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  • 823 11 Prices Quoted la tbe Market Tolf Morning. Singapore, April 20, 3912. Means Lyal aod Evatt, Eiohanno aid Share Brokers, issue tbe following list ot quotation* Ibis mossing i— Norn Value buyers. Belltn. 2/- AUagai 8,8 8/9 3/- a Option* 1/- 1/8 M I Anglo-Jara 7/8 7/8 1
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 45 11 I've lived in many countries and Mo-t languages I understand Of ucinnob too, I've g t comm tud, Troo and < -act. But tljis great truth is quite tbe best li I've a wtak and tiling obest, Wcodt' Popperuiiut Cure colds will arrest And ibai't faot
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    • 364 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A suggestion that won't^C lead you astray TRY FOSTER'S PILSENER BEER. Garner, Quelch Co VIIE MO SPIRIT HERCUnt, Battery Road, Singapore. Telephone 881. •;fi-9 MB 12 The Man Who Gets There 5I- tbe man who has blood— real rich C r»l bio. H ami p!«oty of it— id
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    • 388 11 AlTfully Ie now doing business on the forthcoming Singapore Races DOUBLES TREBLES AND STRAIGHT-OUT ON ALL EVENTS. Price list caa be eeen at the office NO. 11, THE ARCADE. Tel. Tolly, SiE B»pore.8 »pore. Telfphonp 6^9. •20 4 THE ORIENTAL SPECIFIC is tbe Specif); for tbe Specific complaint and of
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    • 299 11 Raffles Hotel. SPECIAL DINNER AND BALL St. George's Day ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23. By kind permission of Lieut. -Col. Ceddes, and Officers, (he Band of The Buffs will be in attendance during and after dinner. "gg "A TREAT TO THE MUSIC LOVING PUBLIC m" Uj <C y Musical Concert [J]
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  • 748 12 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND DRINK EVIL. White Ribboners. The National British Women's Temperance Association, which is to hold its annual council meetings from May 12 to 18 noxt at Newcastle on-Tyno, had its inception just M years ago. Tho work was started on April 21, 1H76, as tho result
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  • 801 12 Municipal Match-Making Bureau for New York. Tho establishment of a municipal match ■Mkfag bureau is the latest movement among the progiessive woim !i nf New York, and the business like 1111:1 ncr in which they are propagating their now BUM is certain to bring MOM kind of results.
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  • 594 12 SONG OF MADMEN." The Lyrics of the Language of Futurism. The leader of the Futurist movement, Signor Marinetti, described 00 the programme as "The Poet Marinetti," explained the projects of Futurism in a lecture in London recently. But in order that the propaganda in connection with the pictures exhibited by
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  • 659 12 Passengers Expected to Arrive. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements subsequent to the issuance of this list in London
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  • 520 12 Significant Captures in English Channel. Between the end of last November and the first days of January Boulogne trawlers, says the Temps, have caught between them some dozen eels in the waters of the English Channel at a depth of MO ft. One of these came into
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  • 487 12 On Picture Hats, Guns, and Saints. The recent winds have inspired a writer in the Temps to calculate the pressure on a lady's picture hat. The French call a light wind one of about seven miles an hour a pretty wind travels eighteen miles, and a good wind
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  • 464 12 Scottish Prisoners in Granite Dungeons. Five or six hundred volumes have described the wonders of Mont St. Michel, but apparently they are all full of mistakes, and according to the Journal des Debits, it has been reserved for M. Etienne Dupont to write the first authentic history.
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  • 427 12 Solves the Mysteries of Nine Murders. In the small Bossarabian township of Floreschti a Jew storekeeper, named Kluumovich, with his wife and three children, the latter aged respectively three, suven, and twelve, were discovered brutally murdered. Failing to obtain a duo to the murderer or murderers, the
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  • 388 12 Mfss Isadora Duncan's Ideas on the Subject. Whilst her brother Raymond and his consort are vigorously conducting a crusade in favour of aesthetic dancing in Paris, says the correspondent of The Standard, Miss Isadora Duncan confides to a musical review her own ideas on the dance. She declares
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  • 433 12 MOUTHFUL OF BREAD." Mme. Mounet-Sully's Tragicomic Adventure. A concert has been organised to get funds for tlie Mouthful of Bread," at Dieppe. The Paris Temps tells us how this charity was started. Seven years ago," says Mrao MounetSully, I was staying at Dieppe. My husband was iv Egypt, and, depressed,
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  • 871 12 PROBLEM OF THE UNMARRIED DAUGHTER. Interesting Lecture. Unmarried Daughters was the engross ing subject of a lecture delivered by Miss Josephine Knowlcs at the Stein way Hall, London, recently. It is a subject winch will be of direct personal interest to MOM him drods of thousands of unmarried
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  • 102 12 An expedition will shortly leave Aden to punish tho Sultan of Socotra unless loot taken from the British steamship Kuala, which was wrecked on tho island, is res tored and an apology given. The expedition will consist of a cruiser of the East Indian Squadron and
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  • 80 12 A brother and sister whoso 1 ibmcd ages total 184 years, and who had not met for sixty years, had a happy reunion at tho »orkhouse, Old Windsor. They are William Head, 104 years old, an intuato of tho workhouse, and his sister, Mrs. Woodloy, eighty years old, of Heading.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 417 13 DISTRESSING ECZEMAS And Otter Itching Skin Troubles H] (mM Instantly KfeLieved by CUTICURA iSoap and Ointment When all else fails. No other emollients afford such comfort to skin-tortured and disfigured sufferers, young and old, and do it so economically because so speedily. fbn>i .i!i I tot fr~< from nrarrrt depot:
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    • 300 13 HIS MAJESTY'S BRAND. 80LD IN CA3KB OP 13 SQUARE BUTTLES \Af^RANte^vV •Hi UlVt BMM tOW*«O Vli (©lt) Rohtnr Bro*'\ L rß Glasgow a lonoon Rautenberc Schmidt C° I Sole Imporrers for Singapore Orfevrerie «Sc Cuivrerie dArt JENNY CO., LTD. Raffles Square- D'Almeida and Malacoa Street. Speciality -.—Every Description of Electro-Plated
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    • 230 13 l\ 1 J •ife— I>/ X Jal MLa^^ -h. Far and away tfle best ala^KlwS3ta»>«^ ¥>/ -T-°?^OfcHß».'l wk I "^^y v^>/ m.^K' Scotch T&hisfti/ 'jl Mj THE D istillers C ompany L IMITE J W l>i'iiiiri iii the W^ld. jh^^bb over £y oou ooa I K. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. |L Agents
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 473 14 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COLIMITED. tkad Office I Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board Off DIMOtONI G. A. Dbrbiob, Esq., Chairman. A. H. Fair, Esq., Managing Director. Pbtbb Fowmb, M.8.. 0.M., Chief Med. Offloer. F. M. Elliot, BBq. A. D. Allan Esq. Tow Noam Pan, BBq. On« Soon Tbb, Bsq. KbooSian
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    • 253 14 IMBUmHCE. FEDERAL UFE MIUMNGE OOKPANY OF UNMM. BITABIUHID 1881. S.S.O. Imurinot in Force, over $4S,MMM.M New Buslnass, 1910, over...M,S4o,aaf,a» Large Nat Surplus above liabilities for Reserve and all outstanding claims. Direct Government Supervision Cash Loans Settlements, etc., made locally. Polioios are "WORLD WIDE." J H. EVANS, Manager, South Barters Ada.
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    • 530 14 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUBTRAUA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT BOYAL CHARTER Paid up Capital in 80,000 Shares of 430 each 41,300,000 Reserve Fund •»«••> 41,660,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors... 41,3004)00 BANKERS. Bank of England. The London City Midland Bank, Ltd. National Bank of Scotland, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aocounts
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    • 576 14 BANKING. THE IZE HAI TONS BANKING AND INSURANCE CO.. LTD. HO. BT AND 68, KLING BTRBBT. Established 190 T. Capital paid up •1,000,000.00 Reserve liability of proprietors 1,000,000.00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. I, T« Tbob Jooh 8. Km Kia Jam a. Nam Km Sbmo T. Tao Hoo Lai 8. Ljow Ova
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    • 535 14 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE OF War Department Stores. (BY ORDBR OF THB CHIEF ORDNANCE OFFICER, S.S.) TO BE HELD AT THE ORDNANCE DEPOT. PULAU BRANI. On Friday, April 26, at a p.m. Comprising Two tons GUNMBTAL, 1* tons PURE COPPER, 1 ton BRASS a quantity of horse hair (25
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  • 850 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The largest consignment of motor-cars over received in the Straits Settlements was the batch delivered to Messrs. C. F. F. Wearne and Co. last week. It consisted of ten Ford cars and one Hudson both American makes— and had been brought
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  • 168 15 A new programme of harbour construction for Tokio has been completed and is now in the hands of the Chief of the River and Harbour Department of the Tokio Municipality. According to the new scheme, says the Japan Herald, the month of the Sumida River is to bo
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 424 15 WOLSELEY The Car of Refinement and Reliability IT IS THB RESULTS, in the hands of private users, that account for the enormous Snlt* 5019 demand for Wolseley cars, that is compelling M— mmm m the expansion of the works by the erection Mgmmntm f ftgentm. o new ghopg by the
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    • 40 15 How the Trouble Starts. Constipation is the cause of many ailments and disorders that make life miserable. Take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, keep your bowels regular and you will avoid these diseases. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 227 15 MAXIMUM MILEAGE MINIMUM EXPENSE When you fit CONTINENTAL 111-Ribbed Tyres. Through all Dealers and Garages. Stomalix A Safe and Absolutely Harmless Digestion Tonic Prepared bySaiz de Carlos, a Physician, Surgeon and Pharmaceutist of acknowledged standing. Stomalix, already favourably known to, and recommended by the medical profession, is introduced to the
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    • 41 15 MOTOR GARS Now in Stock. 18-20 H.P. Loraine Deitrich. L 4 Metallurgique. 14 De Dion. L 2 Waverley (2-seater) 9 De Dion (2-seater) FOR PARTICULARS, APPLY TO A. C. HARPER CO., Kuala Lumpuv, OR THE BORNEO CO., LTD., Singapore. 28-11-c 27-6
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 457 16 INERTOL Paint Waterproof and Aotlcorroslve. For Cement and Iron Constructions. Bridges, Water Mains, Reservoirs, Mudguards, Iron Pipes, Etc. The destructive effects of water have no effect on SOLE AGENTS > SHARPE, ROSS CO., LTD., Singapore. WANTS. DISPENSER WANTED. Wanted, a Dispenser. Starting Salary t4O a month. Apply stating experience and
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    • 272 16 WANTS. CLERK WANTED. Wanted, Clerk for Rubber Estate near I Malacca, Chinese preferred. Knowledge ot i book-keeping and typewriting essential. Apply with copies of testimonials to Outbrie and Co Ltd Estate Department. IT I v APOTHECARY WANTED. Wanted, Qualified Apothecary and Dresser for an Es'ate near Jesselton, B N.B. Apply
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    • 478 16 TO BE LET OB SOLD. OFFICEB TO LET. With immediate entry, first and second floors, No. U, Rafflea Quay Apply Onthrie Co. Ltd. 14 a HOUBEB TO LET. To let, 41, 43 and 44, Anson Road. 30 and 66, Robinson Road. Apply Nathan Son, Change Alley. Ml n HOUSE TO
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    • 435 16 ARTICLES FOB SALE. HOUSE FOR BALE. No. 79, Waterloo Street. Apply to Mrs. J. B Braat, No. 100, Selegie Road. 318 304 PIANO FOR SALE. M. F. Raehals' Piano in good order. Apply Blanche Villa," 77, Sootta Road. M 804 RON SAFE FOR SALE. First- class Rafe with stand. Chnbbs'
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    • 569 16 NOTICES. NOTICE. Mr. L. S. A rat boon hu from Ist January, 1812, been adniittrd a partner in oar firm. STEPHENS, PAUL k CO. 184 2^4 OMOURMAN. The proposed auction sale of this property is postponed. POWELL CO., Auctioneer*, 12-4 a THE KITLANG COMPANY. LTD. (IN LIQUIDATION). Nottoe is hereby
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    • 698 16 NOTICES. KUM KMT CO. BHIPCHANDLBRS. ■MaiMMt »U Hyslelsal toitract.r, Telephone No. 431, 108 a 109, Market Stoeet. NOTICE. THE ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINING CO.. 10 Notice is hereby given, that a dividend of 6%— 25 oents per share, h«» been declared for the year ending 18th February, 1913, and holders
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